The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.Pastors — Thy rulers and governors, they shall be blasted by my judgments, as plants are blasted by winds.Thy lovers — And those that have been thy friends, Syria and Egypt. read more
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!Lebanon — Jerusalem is called an inhabitant of Lebanon, because their houses were built of wood cut down out of the forest of Lebanon.Cedars — Their houses were built of the Cedars of Lebanon.How gracious — What favour wilt thou find when my judgments come upon thee, as the pains of a woman in travail come upon her. read more
As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;Coniah — By Coniah he means Jehoiakim, whose name was Jeconiah, 1 Chronicles 3:13, (for all Josiah's sons had two names, and so had his grandchild Jeconiah) here in contempt called Coniah.The signet — Tho' he were as dear as a signet, which every man keeps safe. read more
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?Is this — The prophet speaks this in the person of God, affirming that this prince, who was the idol of the people, was now become like a broken idol.A vessel — So cracked, or so tainted, that they can make no use of it. read more
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.Childless — He is said to be childless, either because all his children died before their father; or because he had no child that sat upon the throne, or ever had any ruler's place in Judah. read more
11. Shallum Attention is at once arrested by this name, which is applied to Josiah’s son and successor, Jehoiakim. In one other place (2 Chronicles 3:15,) he is so called: in other passages his name is Jehoahaz. Why is he here called Shallum? Some say, 1) Because, from the brevity of his reign, he so much resembles Shallum of Israel. See 2 Kings 15:12, (Graf, Hitzig, et al.) This is fanciful in the extreme. Jeremiah does not write in this way. 2) To mark him as the man whom the Lord had... read more
13. Woe unto him, etc. Namely, Jehoiakim. This woe is pronounced because of the ruinous taxation of the people. This was for two objects the payment of the tribute exacted by Pharaoh-Necho, and the building of a magnificent palace for himself. “He lived in splendour in the midst of the people’s misery, and finally perished miserably at the age of thirty-six, so little cared for that his body was cast aside without burial.” read more
14. Wide house Literally, a house of dimensions, or extensions a grand palace. Cutteth him out windows The verb is the same which is used in Jeremiah 4:30, of enlarging or opening the eyes with paint. The word rendered “windows” presents a difficulty, in that it seems to have the suffix of the first person, which here gives no sense at all. Different solutions have been proposed, but the simplest and best is that of Furst, Keil, and others, which takes this as the primary form of a... read more
15. Shalt thou reign, etc. Not as some interpret, Shalt thou protract thy reign by palace building? but, Does kingcraft consist in this at all? The prophet alludes to Josiah to point the contrast. He established his power, not by the splendours of his public works, but by doing judgment and justice. Thou closest Rather, viest in costly erections of cedar. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Jeremiah 22:20
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.Lebanon — Jerusalem was the place to which this speech is directed: the inhabitants of which the prophet calls to go up to Lebanon. Both Lebanon and Bashan were hills that looked towards Assyria, from whence the Jews looked for help.Abarim — Abarim is the name of a mountain, as well as Lebanon and Bashan. Go and cry for help from all places, but it will be in vain; for the... read more